Legal Counsel/Senior Legal Counsel, Real Estate (Fixed Term 12 Months)
Infrastructure Ontario · CA
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About the Role
As part of the Real Estate Management & Litigation Team, you will provide comprehensive commercial real estate due diligence, conveyancing, commercial real estate acquisition and disposition transactional support, risk management advice and support for the Government’s General Real Estate Portfolio, Forfeited Corporate Properties and Development initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Provide legal advice and support on complex legal matters in the areas of commercial real estate, land assembly, planning, real property development and related transactions to Infrastructure Ontario executives and business units to support decision making.
- Provide advice and interpretation on the application of the MOI Act, OILC Act and relevant regulations, policies and procedures.
- Review file documents, consider external advice, develop viable strategies and recommendations and obtain required approvals.
- Ensure corporate compliance with current legislation and Infrastructure Ontario policies and procedures, and contribute to strategy development.
- Provide legal support to internal stakeholders.
- Provide litigation support to business units.
Requirements
- Demonstrated experience practicing law in commercial real estate, particularly with a focus on real property dispositions, acquisitions, planning and development related to the construction of master-planned communities.
- Demonstrated experience conducting title reviews and preparing title reports.
- Membership in good standing with the Law Society of Ontario.
- Knowledge of commercial real estate, land development, property and land management.
- Proven strategic and innovative thinking and demonstrated experience, drafting, negotiating, and executing various land use, land assembly, commercial agreements, complex commercial real estate transactions and related development matters.
- Knowledge of relevant legislation relevant to the business of Infrastructure Ontario.
- Excellent communication, negotiation and relationship-building skills with the ability to communicate complex legal issues in a clear manner to non-legal audiences.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
- Ability to understand business issues quickly, exercise good judgment in providing timely and practical legal advice and work effectively in a team-based environment.
Skills
- Commercial real estate
- Land assembly
- Planning
- Real property development
- Transactional support
- Risk management
- Due diligence
- Conveyancing
- Acquisition
- Disposition
- Title reviews
- Title reports
- Strategic thinking
- Innovative thinking
- Drafting
- Negotiation
- Execution of agreements
- Land use
- Commercial agreements
- Development matters
- Legal advice
- Communication
- Relationship-building
Location
- Ontario
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Up to 6 years of experience as a licensed lawyer in Ontario (Legal Counsel L1)
- More than 6 years of experience as a licensed lawyer in Ontario (Senior Legal Counsel L2)
Education Level
- University degree in Law (LLB or JD)
Salary/Compensations
- Legal (L1) Hiring Range - $125,000 to $169,100
- Legal (L2) Hiring Range - $142,000 to $192,100
About the Company
- Infrastructure Ontario (IO), an Ontario crown corporation, provides a wide range of services to support the Ontario government’s initiative to modernize and maximize the value of public infrastructure and realty.
- IO has been recognized domestically and internationally for the way it does business and the success it has had with its major projects, real estate services, infrastructure lending, commercial projects, and development mandate.
- IO delivers some of the most complex, ambitious commercial and land development solutions for the Province and continues to evolve and expand its capabilities to maximize its public impact and deliver on its vision of creating a connected, modern and competitive Ontario.
Equal Opportunity
- At Infrastructure Ontario, we strive to create a culture that encourages a diverse equitable and inclusive environment that fosters belonging. We believe that experience comes in many forms and through learning from each others’ differences and perspectives gives us strength. We are committed to enhancing our culture and encourage applications from all walks of life. Let us know if you require any accommodations for the selection process, by contacting the Talent Acquisition Team.
- Candidates who are members of Indigenous, Black, racialized and 2SLGBTQ+ communities, persons with disabilities, and other equity deserving groups are encouraged to apply, and their lived experience will be taken into consideration as applicable to the posted position.